[STERNyc]

That is my problem with the ceremony to install the first steel beams. They were erected earlier in the process than they would be in a conventionaly scheduled construction process. People now expect a timeframe comparable to other construction sites where steel beams have appeared, but alot still has to be done with the foundation. It will be about a year untill the project pokes above the streetlevel and then it will take off at a quick pace. Remember at BOFA that it took many many months until the lowrise portion started rising, then the lowrise section topped off and it took many months more untill the tower portion started to rise above streetlevel. Now BOFA is rising at a quick pace and the long wait for the steel to make an appearance is forgotten. It'll be the same with the Freedom Tower.

If you come back in a month it'll probably look more or less the same, if you come back in two years the Freedom Tower will already be dominating Lower Manhattan.